A BILL to amend and reenact section seventeen, article nine,
chapter sixty-four of the code of West Virginia, one thousand
nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, relating to authorizing
the West Virginia board of examiners for licensed practical
nurses to promulgate legislative rules relating to policies
regulating licensure of the licensed practical nurse.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

That section seventeen, article nine, chapter sixty-four of
the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as
amended, be amended and reenacted, to read as follows:

(a) The legislative rules filed in the state register on the
thirtieth day of July, one thousand nine hundred eighty-six,
modified by the West Virginia board of examiners for licensed
practical nurses to meet the objections of the legislative rule-
making review committee and refiled in the state register on the
thirtieth day of September, one thousand nine hundred eighty-six,
relating to the West Virginia board of examiners for licensed
practical nurses (policies relating to licensure of the licensed
practical nurse), are authorized.
(b) The legislative rules filed in the state register on the
thirtieth day of July, one thousand nine hundred eighty-six,
relating to the West Virginia board of examiners for licensed
practical nurses (legal standards of nursing practice for the
licensed practical nurse), are authorized.
(c) The legislative rules filed in the state register on the
thirtieth day of July, one thousand nine hundred eighty-six,
relating to the West Virginia board of examiners for licensed practical nurses (fees for services rendered by the board), are
authorized.
(d) The legislative rules filed in the state register on the
eleventh day of July, one thousand nine hundred ninety-one,
modified by the West Virginia board of examiners for licensed
practical nurses to meet the objections of the legislative rule-
making review committee and refiled in the state register on the
twenty-fourth day of September, one thousand nine hundred ninety-
one, relating to the West Virginia board of examiners for licensed
practical nurses (policies and procedures for development and
maintenance of educational programs in practical nursing), are
authorized.
(e) The legislative rules filed in the state register on the
eleventh day of July, one thousand nine hundred ninety-one,
modified by the West Virginia board of examiners for licensed
practical nurses to meet the objections of the legislative rule-
making review committee and refiled in the state register on the
twenty-fourth day of September, one thousand nine hundred ninety-
one, relating to the West Virginia board of examiners for licensed
practical nurses (policies regulating licensure of the licensed practical nurse), are authorized.
(f) The legislative rules filed in the state register on the
eleventh day of July, one thousand nine hundred ninety-one,
modified by the West Virginia board of examiners for licensed
practical nurses to meet the objections of the legislative rule-
making review committee and refiled in the state register on the
nineteenth day of September, one thousand nine hundred ninety-one,
relating to the West Virginia board of examiners for licensed
practical nurses (legal standards of nursing practice for the
licensed practical nurse), are authorized.
(g) The legislative rules filed in the state register on the
eleventh day of July, one thousand nine hundred ninety-one,
modified by the West Virginia board of examiners for licensed
practical nurses to meet the objections of the legislative rule-
making review committee and refiled in the state register on the
nineteenth day of September, one thousand nine hundred ninety-one,
relating to the West Virginia board of examiners for licensed
practical nurses (fees for services rendered by the board), are
authorized.
(h) The legislative rules filed in the state register on the eleventh day of July, one thousand nine hundred ninety-one,
modified by the West Virginia board of examiners for licensed
practical nurses to meet the objections of the legislative rule-
making review committee and refiled in the state register on the
twenty-fourth day of September, one thousand nine hundred ninety-
one, relating to the West Virginia board of examiners for licensed
practical nurses (continuing competence), are authorized.(i) The legislative rules filed in the state register on the
fourteenth day of July, one thousand nine hundred ninety-four,
modified by the West Virginia board of examiners for licensed
practical nurses to meet the objections of the legislative
rule-making review committee and refiled in the state register on
the fifteenth day of August, one thousand nine hundred ninety-four,
relating to the West Virginia board of examiners for licensed
practical nurses (policies regulating licensure of the licensed
practical nurse), are authorized.

NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to authorize the West
Virginia Board of Examiners for Licensed Practical Nurses to
promulgate legislative rules relating to policies regulating
licensure of the licensed practical nurse.

Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from the present law, and underscoring indicates new language that would
be added.